NASCAR: Kyle Larson Brings Home 2nd XFINITY Win of the Year

The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) held the Overton’s 300 this past Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway (home of the ENEOS USA main office).

Prior to the race, Larson earned his first NXS pole of the season, which was also the first pole won by the No. 42 Chevy this season

Larson had to start at the tail of the field after the team was forced to change the right front tire following qualifying when a puncture was discovered

By the end of Stage 1, Larson had raced up to sixth, and won the second stage

In total, Larson led 80 of 200 laps today

Larson has now won in two of three Xfinity starts this season, and has led laps in all three Xfinity starts

The caution flag was shown four times for a total of 21 laps

The lead changed 13 times among seven drivers

“Our ENEOS Chevy was great today; it was fun to finally dominate one of these races and finish it off with a win. It’s also great to get the win here in Chicago with ENEOS since it’s their home base here in the US.

We really struggled yesterday and I know everyone was frustrated with how the car was handling and responding to the adjustments, but Mike and the crew did a really good job before qualifying to get our car driving a lot better.

Winning the pole was a really positive way to start the day and I’m really proud of my team for doing what needed to be done to get the win today. We also had a really solid day on pit road, which helped us have great track position throughout the race. Just a great team effort today that made for an impressive win for CGR.”

–Kyle Larson

2018 XFINITY Schedule & Stats

Date

Race

Venue

Result

February 17

Powershares QQQ 300

Daytona International Speedway

29th (accident)

March 3

Boyd Gaming 300

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

1st

June 30

Overton’s 300

Chicago

1st

August 17

Bristol

Kyle Larson went on to finish 2nd in an exciting Cup race the following day in Chicago.

NXS teams will next head to Daytona International Speedway next week for the Coca-Cola Firecraker 250. NBC Sports, MRN and Sirius XM Channel 90 will have live coverage on Sunday, July 6th at 7:30pm ET.